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United States Patent | 6,171,115 |
Mickievicz ,   et al. | January 9, 2001 |
An electrical connector includes a housing (12) that carries a plurality of circuit boards (13) in a parallel, spaced-apart array. The circuit boards are of two different types. One type has a keying recess (60) that is keyed to a land (39) in the housing, and the other type has a keying recess (62) that is keyed to a web (40) in the housing.
Inventors: | Mickievicz; Scott K. (Elizabethtown, PA); Helster; David W. (Harrisburg, PA); Defibaugh; George R. (Mechanicsburg, PA); Sipe; Lynn Robert (Mifflintown, PA) |
Assignee: | Tyco Electronics Corporation (Middletown, PA) |
Appl. No.: | 498263 |
Filed: | February 3, 2000 |
Current U.S. Class: | 439/76.1; 439/79; 439/701 |
Intern'l Class: | H01R 013/648 |
Field of Search: | 439/608,76.1,79,609,607,108,101,97,701 361/756,759,797,801,802,747 174/521,250 |
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